Royal Institute for International Affairs

The Royal Institute for International Affairs (also known as Chatham House) is a British think tank. It was founded in 1920 and is part of the British establishment.

At the centre of the British Establishment, Chatham House holds meetings at which members, discuss the ongoings of world affairs. Over the years may famous statesmen have spoken to distinguished audiences at Chatham House. Recent noteable speakers include Jack Straw (British Foreign Secretary) and the Palestinian Prime Minister.

Its famous Chatham House Rule, when invoked, ensures confidentiality of all meeting participants and attributing comments to them. The rule currently reads as follows:

"When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed". 


 * Director - Robin Niblett

Directors
Accessed April 2009:


 * Patron - Her Majesty The Queen

Presidents
 * Lord Ashdown
 * Lord Hurd
 * Lord Robertson

Council
 * DeAnne Julius
 * Sir Brian Crowe
 * Tony Baldry
 * Lyse Doucet
 * Andrew Fraser
 * Claudia Hamill
 * Ryan Gawn
 * Martin Giles
 * John Llewellyn
 * Raj Loomba
 * Sir Roderic Lyne
 * Denis MacShane
 * Michael Moore
 * Robin Niblett
 * Elizabeth Padmore
 * Alpesh Patel
 * Stuart Popham
 * Trisha Rogers
 * Divya Seshamani
 * Jonathan Steele
 * Ed Smith
 * Seth Thomas

List of Staff

 * Director: Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas
 * Head of External Communications: Keith Burnet
 * Co-ordinator: Alis Martin
 * Head, International Economics Programme: Dr. Brigitte Granville
 * Research Fellow: Dr. Sushanta Mallick
 * Head, Sustainable Development Programme: Duncan Brack
 * Senior Research Fellow: Malaika Culverwell
 * Senior Research Fellow: Valerie Marcel
 * Research Fellow: Jacqueline Karas
 * Programme Manager: Kate Vrolijk
 * Head, European Programme: Dr. Julie Smith
 * Head, Security Issues Programme: Chris Wright
 * Associate Fellow: Olivia Bosch
 * Head, Asia Programme: Dr. Stephen Green
 * Programme Manager: Alis Martin
 * Elizabeth Wilmshurst – Head of International Law
 * Head, Middle East Programme: Dr. Rosemary Hollis
 * Associate Fellow: Dr. Mai Yamani
 * Senior Research Fellow: Yoshiji Nogami
 * Programme Co-ordinator: Robert Lowe
 * Head, Latin American Projects: Michael Mecham
 * Head, Russia & Eurasia Programme: Dr. Roy Allison
 * Research Fellow: Clelia Rontoyanni
 * Programme Co-ordinator: James Nixey
 * Head Africa Programme and British Angola Forum: Alex Vines
 * Programme Co-ordinator: Tom Cargill
 * Research Assistant: Manuel Paulo

It has an American wing the Chatham House Foundation.

Contact details
Chatham House 10 St James's Square London SW1Y 4LE T: +44 (0)20 7957 5700 F: +44 (0)20 7957 5710 Email: contact AT chathamhouse.org.uk Web: http://www.riia.org/

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External Resources

 * David Miller, The propaganda we pass off as news around the world, 15 Feb 06, The Guardian. (contains info on some of the relationships between UK propaganda and Chatham House).